Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Research Investments: An Organizing Research Framework

Ann McKenna; Jeremi London; Aditya Johri; Mihaela Vorvoreanu; Krishna Madhavan

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Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Research Investments: An Organizing Research Framework

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Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Research Investments: An Organizing Research Framework

Ann McKenna, Jeremi London, Aditya Johri, Mihaela Vorvoreanu and Krishna Madhavan

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, pp.26.493.1-26.493.9

ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (Seattle, Washington, 06/14/2015 - 06/17/2015)

06/14/2015

DOI: 10.18260/p.23832

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Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Research Investments: An Organizing Research Framework Although the National Science Foundation (NSF) funds approximately 24% of basic research conducted in America’s colleges and universities (NSF), there is little we know about how NSF-‐funding decisions have resulted in the current research landscape. This gap was the impetus for a project –Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2)— that begins to address this problem by focusing on NSF investments in undergraduate STEM education research, and how education innovations make an impact and diffuse throughout the STEM education community. The project team has designed an information portal (http://www.dia2.org) to allow researchers and scientists to browse and search public data from NSF to understand what research has taken place in specific areas and to find collaborators. There are many challenges in developing and using such a cyberinfrastructure, but also many potential advantages for practitioners and researchers. In this paper we will specifically discuss the research opportunities provided by DIA2 and present the research framework guiding the DIA2 project—a description of the three major themes/areas of research for the study. It summarizes the research questions and research activities corresponding to each of the themes, presents next steps, and based on our findings, highlights the value of DIA2 to members of the STEM education community. These concentrated efforts can help us better understand the domain of STEM research. Reference NSF. About the National Science Foundation. Retrieved October 14, 2014, from http://nsf.gov/about/

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Title: Subtitle: Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Research Investments: An Organizing Research Framework
Creators: Ann McKenna
Jeremi London
Aditya Johri
Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Krishna Madhavan
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, pp.26.493.1-26.493.9
Conference: ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (Seattle, Washington, 06/14/2015 - 06/17/2015)
Publisher: American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE
DOI: 10.18260/p.23832
ISSN: 2153-5965
Language: English
Date published: 06/14/2015
Academic Unit: Engineering Administration
Record Identifier: 9984461866302771

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